As much as the author of 1491 has spent in the Airbus , I have spent in Boeing and Douglas aircraft and although I finished my career( 26,000 hrs)...
Daddy,
I have zero hours in a simulator, but I am pretty positive that simulators can only accurately reproduce the real life data they have been fed.
Meaning that unless Airbus or Boeing deliberately fly an aircraft outside its envelope, and record the data, the simulator will not be able to reproduce accurately the aircraft reactions.